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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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